---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjustment of Limits on Damages"
description: "Adjustment of Limits on Damages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ut"
legislature: "Utah Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "S.B. 46"
citation: "Utah S.B. 46 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governmental Immunity", "Government Operations (State Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Iwamoto, Jani"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5091f287-7f6e-4d96-9124-666655735c1d"
source_url: "http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/SB0046.html"
source_hash: "a21fcc2603dd1a57bc909861f6e67a2a8e214871f0940f96c9a0628b86768133"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ut"]
---

# Utah S.B. 46 (2018) — Adjustment of Limits on Damages

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillint/SB0046.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/sbillenr/SB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- passed 2nd reading — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- House Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- passed 3rd reading — **67–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Iwamoto, Jani — primary (person)
- Snow, V. Lowry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-12-15** Bill Numbered but not Distributed
- **2017-12-18** Numbered Bill Publicly Distributed
- **2017-12-18** bill sent to agencies for fiscal input
- **2018-01-03** fiscal note publicly available
- **2018-01-16** received bill from Legislative Research
- **2018-01-16** received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst
- **2018-01-22** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** to Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Senate Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-26** placed on 2nd Reading Calendar
- **2018-02-06** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** passed 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-07** to House
- **2018-02-07** received from Senate
- **2018-02-07** 1st reading (Introduced) `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** to House Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** House Comm - Favorable Recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** committee report favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** passed 3rd reading `passage`
- **2018-02-14** signed by Speaker/returned to Senate
- **2018-02-14** to Senate
- **2018-02-14** received from House
- **2018-02-14** signed by President/sent for enrolling
- **2018-02-15** Bill Received from Senate for Enrolling
- **2018-02-15** Draft of Enrolled Bill Prepared
- **2018-03-14** Enrolled Bill Returned to House or Senate
- **2018-03-14** enrolled bill to Printing
- **2018-03-14** received enrolled bill from Printing
- **2018-03-14** to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-22** Governor Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5091f287-7f6e-4d96-9124-666655735c1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Utah legislature records).